IIdentity.Name Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Security.Principal
Assembly:
System.Security.Principal.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll

Gets the name of the current user.

public:
 property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };
public string Name { get; }
public string? Name { get; }
member this.Name : string
Public ReadOnly Property Name As String

Property Value

String

The name of the user on whose behalf the code is running.

Remarks

The user name is passed to the common language runtime by the operating system or other authentication provider (such as ASP.NET).

Name is typically set to an empty string ("") for an unauthenticated entity, but can take other values.

Applies to